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ANI’s newsletter providing updates on events and activities at the Osborne Naval Shipyard

2021

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2023

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2022

October

Defence industry partner announced to optimise Hobart Class Destroyers | Minister for Defence Industry

May

March

February

2021

December

September

June

  • Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) #2 – to be known as HMAS Eyre – hull section moved to the dry berth for consolidation works by ANI Operations team

February

  • Sarah Constructions awarded contract to build ANI’s new office facility at the Osborne Naval Shipyard | The Morse

2020

October

  • MV John Duigan pays an unexpected visit to ONS for repairs | ANI Vimeo

September

  • SA jobs boom as Osborne shipyard is completed | Prime Minister of Australia
  • Doorstop – Osborne, SA | Finance Minister
  • SA jobs boom as Osborne [South] shipyard is completed | Prime Minister of Australia 
  • Modernisation of the existing Osborne south yard commences with the repurposing of Building 2 into a state-of-the art pipe fabrication workshop

April

  • ANI’s Operations Team manoeuvres the fore (564t and 32m long) and aft (970t, 13m wide and 45.5m long) megablock sections to the dry berth for final consolidation works using ANI’s recently acquired SPMT’s | ANI Vimeo
  • Government appoints former Chief Financial and Commercial Office of ANI, Mr Andrew Seaton, as Managing Director and Chief Executive Office | Finance Minister

2019

  • October – Construction of the Osborne North Development Project (ONDP), a new submarine construction yard, commences at ONS | The Morse

2018

December

November

October

June

2017

December

  • Government secures 200 new jobs at Osborne, totalling 1200 this year | Finance Minister

October

  • Construction team mobilises to ONS for commencement of works on the Osborne South Development Project
  • 600 construction jobs to be created as Lendlease selected to build Osborne South Shipyard | Finance Minister

September

  • David Knox appointed as ANI’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer after previous appointment as Interim MD and CEO in June.

August

  • Government unveils design and turned the first sod for the new surface shipbuilding yard at ONS | Finance Minister

June

May

  • Government announces the purchase of the CUF and surrounding land from the SA Government to substantially increase the size of the ship and submarine building facility at Osborne | Finance Minister 
  • Naval Shipbuilding Plan is released outlining the Government’s vision for the Australian naval shipbuilding enterprise and the significant investment required in coming decades | Defence News

March

  • Government establishes Australian Naval Infrastructure (ANI) | Finance Minister

2016

December

  • Department of Defence and Odense Maritime Technologies (OMT) to work with a range of stakeholders to deliver designs for a surface vessel shipyard that supports both minor and major surface vessel programs now and into the future | Defence Industry Minister

October

  • Commonwealth announces separation of ASC to manage assets, develop program infrastructure, provide precinct services and manage common user facilities | Finance Minister

May